In 2016, the world was left with a major cliffhanger where we saw most of the world dying off after the aliens ‘activated’ a virus that was spreading like wildfire, and Mulder (David Duchovny) slowly dying in the car while Scully (Gillian Anderson) appearing to stare directly into an alien aircraft.

No other announcement has been made yet at time of this post, but keep an eye out on the official X-Files Facebook page for when it returns to our screens.

UPDATE: FOX has signed for a 10 episode season which will start filming in the U.S. summer 2017 period.